pvh2010 09-29 televic ict2010 - how rdi helped us grow
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Presentation given at ICT201 in the session on "belgian success stories"TRANSCRIPT
How R&D&I helped us grow
dr. ir. Piet Verhoeve
Televic
What I will not talk about …
What I will not talk about: History
1946
What I will not talk about: MarketsMultimedia learning
Conference systemsPublic address
Transportation
Healthcare
What I will not talk about:recognition
2005 most promising
2006 visit of Comissioner Potocnik
What I will talk about: innovation
• Strategic choice:– As a path for growth
• Turnover: 8M 35M• Employees: 100 200
– towards European expansion
• Which key steps have we taken ?
1. Technological innovation
• Advances in technology – give birth to innovative products– Cannot be done alone:
collaboration with High Tech research institutes
CONFIDEA
2. User driven innovation
• Multidisciplinary approach– Technology– User domain analysis (sociology)– Legal implications– Usability
Demo at living lab booth
3. User driven user centric
• eHealth is emerging market– Need for additonal validation in the field
• Living lab approach– Validation of concepts rather than technology– With friendly but REAL users
• Care organisation:OCMW-Kortrijk
• Elderly persons• (old) homes & TV’s• Real internet
4. Open innovation: PRoF
• Co create new concept & solutions– Based on trust between companies– Innovative combinations:
ICT, furniture, architects, cleaning, schools, nurses, technicians, …
4. Open innovation: partners
www.prof-projects.com
4. Open innovation:
• Vision : Patient Room of Future (PRoF)
www.prof-projects.com
4. Open innovation:
• Building it
www.prof-projects.com
4. Open Innovation:
• Launching event: July 1, 2010
www.prof-projects.com